Naval Missions

Naval Missions are accessible after sequence 6. Speak to any Harbormaster and select the mission from the map. You can also upgrade the Aquila by selecting the book next to the Harbormaster.

THE CHASE

Investigate disturbances off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.

Optional Objectives:

Limit the ship's damage - 50%

Limit damage from the fort's mortars - 50%

Use mines to eliminate gunboats.

Complete all the constraints in one playthrough.

The best way to start this mission is to use the swivel gun to take out the ships. Only use the cannons if you get them in range but do not try and force that to happen if you have to turn to do so you don't have the room for that. To use the mines again use the swivel gun and aim around the middle of a mine cluster and one will have a ship near it that will be destroyed by a mine. You'll get about 3 tries to succeed. For the Mortars watch out when the crew yells that means an attack is coming. If you see where it starts it travels in a straight line so just avoid the line. Use the main cannons to take them out. Once all three are destroyed you have completed the misson.

THE RESCUE

Rendezvous with Amanda near Nantucket and find out what she knows about Nicholas Biddle.

Optional Objectives:

Limit number of Missed shots 0/2

Sink two ships using their weak points

Limit Wave damage 25%

Rendezvous with Amanda near Nantucket and find out what she knows about Nicholas Biddle. When she arrives the ship she mentions immediately appears and you chase after it. Shortly after the chase more ships come and fight. Use the Swivel for most of them since they are small and can be taken out in one well aimed shot. If in range use the main cannons. Once they are down go after the ship again and soon more ships will come. Continue this process till the very end just keep in mind that the bigger ships will need the main cannons to take out. Once they take enough damage a weak point will be revealed. Use the Swivels to take them out. To avoid wave damage avoid them like you would cannon fire. To make sure you gain the optional objectives be quick to use the avoid button and don't rely heavily on the main cannons when the ships weak points are revealed at the final fight.

French Involvement

Optional objectives:

Limit ally damage 50%

Destroy more ships than your ally

Take out the captain within the time limit 1:00

In this mission you are escorting a French ship in the middle of fog covered waters. Soon after the mission begins enemy ships come to attack your ship. Do not stray far from your ally. Wait for the enemy to come to you. If you leave your ally it will be vulnerable and will take a lot of damage if not get destroyed. Use your normal methods to take out the ships. You will continue this process of enemies coming towards you till a Man o War appears in a scene and renders your ally unable to move. Use the chain shot on the Man o War to take out the mast. Then ram it to board. A scene will happen and you will be on the enemy ship. One enemy will have an icon over it. This is the enemy to kill within the time limit. Chase after it while trying to avoid the other enemies it will stop around the other side of the ship. Best to try and kill another enemy first and use a chain attack to kill him. Or counter and then attack while he is defenseless or hit him over the edge of the ship.

When you kill him [[Connor]] will ask for information about how the [[Redcoats|British]] knew they were coming. The captain reveals they didn't. Just the ship was told by Nicholas Biddle. When Connor asks who does Biddle work for. The Captain laughs and shows Connor the Templar's ring. Spoiler - Click to see/hide

Biddle's Hideout

Optional Objectives:

Take out the Man of Wars in the time limit 3:00

Take out the mast of the main ship in one chain shot

Only Kill Biddle

For this mission be very skilled at aiming and combat to get the optional objectives. There are two Man of Wars to take out within the time limit so focus on them first and ignore Biddle's Ship. Once they are taken out get in close so that a chain shot is more likely to work. Once it succeeds ram the ship and board it. Just run after Biddle ignore everyone else and a scene will happen and you'll fight one on one with Biddle. Just keep fighting counter helps a lot here as well ad guard break. After he losses a considerable amount of health a scene occurs and you both fall. The fight continues but this time there are crates that if you counter near them it will do more damage so use though to your advantage. Once you take out all his life a scene will happen where he asks not to be killed by a blade, but to die with his ship. Connor accepts and leaves sailing off as the ship explodes behind them.

The Aquila

Fully upgrade the Aquila.

Naval Locations

These are also known as "Peg Leg Missions" but they show up under the Naval section in the Animus DNA chart.